BioFAIR Hub

Nishadi De Silva

BioFAIR Senior Technical Project Manager

BioFAIR Hub

Biography
Publications

Biography

Contact details:

nishadi.de-silva@earlham.ac.uk

Nishadi De Silva

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As the Senior Technical Project Manager for BioFAIR, Dr Nishadi De Silva coordinates cross-disciplinary projects to advance FAIR practices and build a unified digital research infrastructure for the life sciences in the UK.

This involves working closely with researchers, software engineers, delivery partners and stakeholders to align workflow and data management strategies to meet the demands within the UK.

Prior to this, Nishadi was at EMBL-EBI where she lead the delivery of three bioinformatics resources (Ensembl Bacteria, Ensembl Protists, Ensembl Fungi) and coordinated data management for cross-instituitional projects such as TREC.

Before then, Nishadi worked in the Pathogen Informatics team at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and completed her postdoctoral research at the University of Southampton, UK.

Nishadi holds a BSc and PhD in Computer Science from the University of Southampton, UK.

Publications

BioFAIR Hub

Justin Clark Casey

BioFAIR Architect

BioFAIR Hub

Biography
Publications

Biography

Contact details:

Justin.Clark-Casey@earlham.ac.uk

Justin is the BioFAIR Architect in the BioFAIR Hub at the Earlham Institute.

Publications

ELIXIR-UK awarded strategic funding to support UK life sciences data community

18 June 2025

ELIXIR-UK has been awarded a five-year grant from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

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Lisa Abel

Senior Operations Manager (Deputy Chief Operating Officer)

Biography

Contact details:

Lisa.Abel@earlham.ac.uk

Biography

Lisa is the Senior Operations Manager (Deputy Chief Operating Officer) within the Operations Division at the Earlham Institute. Her responsibilities include the management of day-to-day operational delivery, strategic management of EI buildings to include facility management and project delivery, and strategic management of the Communications and the Operational and Business Support Team.

Prior to this, Lisa undertook many operational roles within the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) from Business Support Manager through to the Divisional Operations Director for the Women’s and Children’s Division.

As the lead for the operational arm of the Division, she was responsible for the effective and efficient delivery of all operational care standards, quality and service improvements and sustainable delivery of high-quality patient care and safety processes.

In addition to this, Lisa also completed my Masters in Business Administration at the University of East Anglia.

Lisa previously worked at the Earlham Institute in 2013 as Business Support Manager for four years.

Throughout her professional career, Lisa has worked and managed varying sizes of teams and budgets across operational activities in both the private and public sector.